S. Ramachandra Iyer: Difference between revisions

''' Subramanya Ramachandra Iyer''' (1 October 1901 - date of death unknown) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[lawyer]] who served as the Chief Justice of the [[Madras High Court]] from 10 May 1961 to 1 November 1964.<ref name=Madras_high_court>{{cite web|url=http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/cjlist.htm|access-date=29 August 2014|title=The Honourable Chief Justices|publisher=Madras High Court|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212201925/http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/cjlist.htm|archive-date=12 February 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Madras lawyer [[Vasantha Pai]] found evidence that Iyer had falsified his birth date to avoid compulsory retirement at the age of 60 including  going to the Judge's birthplace and photographing his original birth register which showed his real age.Judge Iyer denied that he was over 60 years.It became a scandal after the Judge's younger brother, Subramanya Balakrishnan sent invitations to celebrate his [[Shashti Poorthi|60th birthday]] while his elder brother the Judge's age was shown as below 60 years.<ref name=Pai_obituary_Hindu>{{cite news|title=Vasantha Pai: an advocate's advocate|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/16/stories/2009021658760700.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221053444/http://hindu.com/2009/02/16/stories/2009021658760700.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 February 2009|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=16 February 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/news/column/timing-of-katjus-allegations-needs-to-be-questioned/20140723.htm | title=Timing of Katju's allegations needs to be questioned | publisher=Rediff | date=23 July 2014 | accessdate=5 October 2015}}</ref> Pai filed a petition Iyer, who resigned on 1 November 1964 on a request from the then  [[Chief Justice of India]] [[P. B. Gajendragadkar]] as the case would damage the judiciary <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-miscellaneous/tp-others/contempt-law-and-human-rights/article27921111.ece| title=Contempt Law and Human Rights | date=10 March 2001 | work=[[The Hindu]] | accessdate=9  September 2021}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-openpage/the-controversy-over-age-then-and-now/article2841441.ece | title=The controversy over age... then and now | publisher=[[The Hindu]] | date=29 January 2012 | accessdate=8 April 2015}}</ref> and this led the petition to be eventually dismissed in 1967 on the ground that Iyer had already resigned his judgeship.<ref name=Pai_v_Iyer>{{cite court |url=http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1159245/ |litigants=G. Vasantha Pai vs Sri S. Ramachandra Iyer |vol=2 |reporter=MLJ |opinion=151 |date=1967}}</ref>